Impeachment inquiry

The U.S. Department of Justice is seen in June 2023. A former FBI informant has been indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI. His claims about President Biden were shared by Republicans pushing for an impeachment inquiry into the president.

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How the ex-FBI informant charged with lying is tied to the Biden impeachment inquiry

5:15pm February 16, 2024

Alexander Smirnov has been accused of making false statements to the FBI — claims that House Republicans have used in their probe of President Biden.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., plans to hold the first hearing on the impeachment into President Biden next week.

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House Republicans to hold first impeachment hearing into President Biden next week

4:11pm September 19, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

House Oversight Committee Republicans plan to hold the first hearing on an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Thursday, September 28.

The National Museum of American History has some impeachment buttons from the Nixon years in their collection.

Politics & Government

Past impeachments, products of their times, often produced unintended consequences

4:58am September 17, 2023

by Ron Elving

Previous instances of presidential impeachment have each had contexts unique to their own political moments. These considerations have mattered as much as the alleged "high crimes and misdemeanors."

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks outside his Capitol office on Tuesday.

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Republicans run a big risk with impeachment

1:10pm September 16, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

So far there's been no evidence that President Biden benefited financially from his son's business dealings. And as prior impeachments have shown, Republicans risk a backlash from perceived overreach.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is working to convince members of his own party to support a stop-gap spending bill while also defending his job as speaker.

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McCarthy's plans for impeachment don't appear to be tamping down shutdown threat

3:22pm September 13, 2023

A group of hard-line House Republicans say House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cannot win their support on spending by launching an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters that allegations regarding President Biden's family rise to the level of an impeachment inquiry.

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McCarthy says info about Biden family 'rises to level of an impeachment inquiry'

5:17pm July 25, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

The House speaker says Republicans may launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. House GOP members have been investigating allegations of financial misconduct related to his son, Hunter.

National Security Council Europe expert Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (left) appears before the House Intelligence Committee during an impeachment hearing in November.

Senator Lifts Hold On Military Promotions After Assurances On Impeachment Witness

11:09pm July 15, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., had demanded proof that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who retired last week, was included on a list of more than 1,000 officers submitted to the White House for promotion.

Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a military officer at the National Security Council who testified during the impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill, is seen at the White House complex in January.

Senator Waiting For White House Promise Not To Block Promotion Of Impeachment Witness

10:23pm July 06, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Sen. Tammy Duckworth tells NPR that she'll hold up hundreds of Army officer promotions unless she gets an assurance that the Trump administration won't interfere that of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman.

Politics & Government

Trump Axes Officials Who Gave Damaging Testimony In Impeachment Inquiry

8:03am February 08, 2020

by Franco Ordoñez

Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman and his brother were fired from National Security Council staff and ambassador Gordon Sondland was recalled from Europe in moves top Democrats called shameful and weak.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2019.

Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Key Figure In Impeachment Trial, Retires

8:38pm January 31, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The career diplomat, who served as ambassador to Ukraine, became a key figure in the impeachment of President Trump, was forced out of her post in May.